20th Century Art

A charming, vibrant, early Mexican city street scene by famed Chicago Modern artist Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Titled "Old Church, San Miguel de Allende (Spanish Plaza)", the p...

Set of 2 Photographs Aventure d'une libertine, 2015 From The Secret Album Series Overall Frame size: 20.5 H x 28.5 W x 1 D in. Overall Sheet size: 17.7 H x 24 W in. Individual size: ...

Acquiring a mid-20th-century Fauvist painting by Wilhelm Henning is an opportunity to own a piece of art that captures the vibrant spirit and expressive color palette of the Fauvist ...

Mimmo Paladino Atlantico Linocut, 1987, hand signed, dated and numbered 12/27 in pencil. Medium: Collagraph and linoleum cut Sheet measures 82 x 29 1/2" inches Parole Torchon pap...

Medium: screenprint in black on a transparent plastic sheet (after the drawing). Printed in Switzerland in 1970 on a flexible, clear mylar sheet. Size: 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (267 x ...

Signed and titled oil on canvas circa 1990 by French painter Hugues Claude Pissarro. The piece depicts a woman in a red dress collecting apples in an orchard. Signature: Signed lowe...

Signed watercolour on paper landscape by American post impressionist painter Maurice Brazil Prendergast. The work depicts children playing on the beach in Saint Malo, France as boats sail in the blue sea and white clouds role through the sky overhead. This work has remained in the Prendergast family for 3 generations and depicts a rare view of Saint-Malo executed during Prendergast's visit to the french coastal town in 1907 Signature: Signed lower left Dimensions: Framed: 21"x22" Unframed: 13'x14" Proveance: The collection of Charles Prendergast (1863-1948) The collection of Eugénie Prendergast-Van Kemmel (1895-1994) -wife and inheritor of the estate of Charles Prendergast The collection of Henri Van Kemmel (Lille, 1903-1963) - cousin of Eugenie Prendergast
- Madame Henri Van Kemmel Maurice Prendergast came with his family to Boston in 1861. Working in a textile store, Maurice Prendergast was at first self-taught in painting, making souvenir cards and shop signs. He went to Britain in 1886, then to Paris in 1891 and registered at the Académie Julian with Jean-Paul Laurens, Benjamin-Constant, and Charles Blanc as teachers, working also with Gustave Courtois at the Académie Colarossi. More importantly he saw the Impressionists’ paintings and the Nabis at the Galerie Durand-Ruel. He returned to the United States in 1895, settling in Winchester (Massachusetts) and went frequently to New York. In 1898 he again went to Europe where he stayed until 1900, visiting Paris, Florence, Siena, Rome, Capri, and Venice, where he spent six months. Between 1907 and the beginning of World War I he went again four times to Europe but never returned there after the war. In New York where he finally settled, with William Glackens, Robert Henri, and John Sloan among others, Prendergast was one of the members ofThe Eight, gathered by Robert Henri to counter the pervading academicism. The group exhibited in 1908 at the Macbeth Galleries and took part in the Armory Show of 1913. After that Prendergast did not exhibit again with the group. In 1914 he left Boston definitively for New York. Prendergast was in his thirties before he began to devote himself to painting. In his late beginnings he painted in the open air as the Impressionists did, mainly in watercolours with clear brushstrokes and an elegant virtuosity recalling his then admiration for James Whistler and Claude Monet. Between 1892 and 1905 he carried out two hundred monotypes, a technique of which he was the undisputed master in America at that time and which expressed the influence of Japanisme. During his stays in France he painted views of Paris, but also Brittany and Normandy. In this period, in 1896, he was chosen to illustrate My Lady Nicotine by Matthew Barrie. During his third stay in Europe, from 1898 to 1900, he painted in Paris, at Saint-Malo, and mainly in Venice, where, influenced by Vittore Carpaccio he introduced brightly coloured banners into his animated compositions. In oils he painted slowly, touching up his paintings by superimposed brushstrokes, sometimes over several years. He chose to use the divided stroke in an early period, a technique which had similarities with Post-Impressionism. After his travels in Europe and his discovery of Paul Cézanne, he evolved in the direction of the neo-Impressionism of Georges Seurat, placing little dots of colours with a knife, then of the Nabis and even later Fauvism, painting large brushed surfaces in bright colours. After 1899, his Ponte della Paglia in Venice freed itself from strict divisionism, adopting the dense composition in vertically superimposed planes of the Nabis. Like the members of the group of eight, he took his subjects from the daily life of ordinary people, in scenes in the parks or on the beaches of New England, picnics or sometimes circuses. Nevertheless the happy vision that he had of the world separated him strongly from the evolution that led his companions to paint the most miserable and populous milieus, which gave them the name of The Ashcan School. His compositions are arranged in surfaces superimposed vertically, without depth; while the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists were influenced by the layout of Japanese prints, Prendergast was inspired more by Persian miniatures. The decorative elements and the build-up of characters in crowds are placed frontally, like garlands on a tapestry, particularly as he seeks a texture effect, covered entirely by the subject without any empty spaces. His attraction to colours caused him to research all the motifs that he introduced into these compositions: umbrellas, parasols, balloons, draperies. In 1911–1912, he experimented with pastel and treated new subjects, nudes and still-lifes. After 1913, in sympathy with the Symbolists, he put nude figures and everyday characters side by side in the same composition. In his last years, and above all in the watercolours, he discarded the divided stroke and applied larger brushstrokes, similar to the technique of Henri Matisse. Fidelity to the leisurely settings and elegant grooming of the period gave his works, apart from their artistic value, a charming sociological aspect. Singular, almost marginal in his time, his paintings stand out by the density of their composition, in form and colouring, characterised by the accumulation of detail, minutiae of scenery, the serried ranks of people that animate them, the chromatic polyphony of elegance, umbrellas, parasols, and flags. He is a complete painter, particularly generous, who would never be happy to provide only samples of his art. Following Whistler and Mary Cassatt, Maurice Prendergast is one of the most interesting and original Post-Impressionist American painters, and perhaps marks exactly the boundary between the 19th and the 20th centuries. He was considered to be an ‘old master’ from 1920 on, and his works appeared in very many exhibitions of modern American painting. He had his first solo exhibition in 1897 at the Chase Gallery of Boston, where his works were noticed by Madame Montgomery Sears, who made a collection, taking the advice of Mary Cassatt. In 1915 six paintings and watercolours exhibited at the Carroll Gallery of New York established his success and drew the great collectors to him, among whom were Albert Barnes and John Quinn. Group Exhibitions 1974, Ten Americans, Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York 1976, Art of Impulse and Color, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park (Maryland) 1982, American Impressionists, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (also presented at the Musée du Petit Palais, Paris) 1999, Town and Country: American Artists, 1870–1920 (Ville et campagne: les artistes américains, 1870–1920), Musée d’Art Américain, Giverny 2002, Japonisme in America: Works on Paper, 1880–1930 (Le Japonisme en Amérique: œuvres sur papier, 1880–1930), Musée d’Art Américain/Terra Foundation for the Arts, Giverny 2007, American Impressionists: Painters of Light and the Modern Landscape, Phillips Collection, Washington, DC 2008, Coming of Age: American Art 1850–1950, Paintings from the Addison Gallery of American Art, Massachusetts, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London 2008, Portrait of a Lady: Paintings and Photographs of American Women in France 1870–1915, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux Solo Exhibitions 1934, Maurice Prendergast Memorial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 1938, Retrospective Exhibition of the Work of Maurice and Charles Prendergast, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA 1960, Maurice Prendergast, 1859–1924, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1990, Art Institute of Chicago 2009, Prendergast in Italy, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice Museum and Gallery Holdings Andover, MA (Addison Gal. of American Art): At the Shore, St. Malo No. 1 and 2 (c. 1907, watercolour and graphite on wove paper, 2 works); Along the Cove (1910–1913, oil on canvas); seven sketches of Paris (1893, oil on wood) Chicago (AI): In the Park (1918–1919) Chicago (Terra Foundation for American Art Collection): Festa del redentore (c. 1899, monotype); The Opera Cloak...

Artist/ School: Claude Pelletier, French signed & dated 1946. Title: Le Pont Marie, Paris (old exhibition labels verso). Medium: oil painting on ...

A very beautiful large French impressionist oil on canvas still life depicting a plant and brass kettle, probably in a kitchen. The work is very well painted and atmospheric on a gen...

Gorgeous mid century San Francisco Bay seascape oil painting by California artist Hartzell Harrison Ray (American, 1896-1991). Signed "H. Ray" lower right and on verso. Texture added...

Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Paper Size: 10.25 x 14 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Verve: Revue Art...

Cottage in the Countryside is a splendid print in etching technique colored engraved by Luigi Kasimir (1881-1962). The state of preservation of the artwork is excellent. Sheet Dimension: 25.5 x 19 cm Image Dimensions: 15 x 15 cm This artwork represents a Cottage in the Countryside, with beautiful colors. Illegible original hand-signed, on the lower right. Luigi Kasimir (1881-1962): He was an Austro-Hungarian-born etcher, painter, printmaker and landscape artist. Kasimir was among the first to develop the technique of the coloured etching. Before this, prints were usually hand-coloured with the colour being applied in a casual, haphazard manner. Kasimir would first create a sketch—usually in pastel. He then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the plate—all done by hand. Kasimir is mainly famous for his etchings, but he also produced some oil painting, as well as some pastels. One of his favourite genres was the landscape, or veduta. He demonstrated a predisposition for monuments, street scenes, and tourist landmarks. He depicted places from all over Europe, mainly Italy, Austria, and Germany. He also travelled to the United States to do a series of etchings of famous sights ranging from urban landmarks such as New York City skyscrapers to natural wonders like Yosemite Valley. Luigi Kasimir’s etchings...

La obra va firmada por el artista en la parte trasera, también va fechada del año 1990 y titulada "Sibila III y IV" Se presenta enmarcada la pintura Medidas de la obra: 213 cm. alt...

Provence signed by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) oil painting on artist paper, unframed paper: 9.5 x 13 inches very good condition provenance: the artists estate, France Josine ...

Wood engraving on Japan paper, 1928. Edition of 100. Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right. Framed dimension is 14.5 x 17.25 inches, with full margins. Catalogue raisonne r...

Figurative abstract oil on canvas of a performing orchestra. Great colors and brushstrokes. Signed lower right.

'Start of the Day, Dorking, Surrey' signed by Joel B. Owen (British, signed and dated 1919) oil on canvas, framed framed: 25 x 35 inches canvas: 20 x 30 inches provenance: private co...

Antonio Sala Herrero (1927-2012) - View of Montjuic Barcelona - Oil on canvas Oil measures 50x61 cm. Frame measures 66x77 cm.

Paper Size: 14.25 x 11.5 inches ( 36.195 x 29.21 cm ) Image Size: 14.25 x 11.5 inches ( 36.195 x 29.21 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additio...

Original watercolor on archival paper of a Rocky Mountain Meadow by the well known American artist, Werner Drewes. Signed lower right. Titled and dated 1956 on verso of sheet. Con...

For Every Fighter a Woman Worker. Original vintage poster. Linen Lined. Very good condition. Artist: Ernest Hamlin Baker. Size: 28" x 42". Year: 1918 Linen backed trimme...

Clinton Hill (1922-2003), created quintessential mid-century images, but figures are unusual in his work. This is from a very early period. In 1951 Hill studied at the Academie de la...

This original vintage oil painting on canvas is a beautiful example of Dutch-style winter landscape art, inspired by the Dutch Golden Age and the 19th-century Romantic revival. Sign...

Ornate Still Life of Fruit by Jonny Gaston, British 20th century signed and dated oil on board, framed framed: 15 x 23 inches board: 10 x 18 inches provenance: private collection, UK...

Silkscreen on handmade Hahnemühle paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, The Poems, 1960. Published and printed by Tiber Press, New York un...

Marc Chagall Hommage à Elsa Triolet, 1972 Lithograph in colors on Arches paper Hand signed and numbered 7/20 from the very rare edition of 20 Mourlot 642 Paper: 25.5 x 19.5 Framed: ...

The 1988 poster for “David Hockney: A Retrospective” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a vibrant and visually striking representation of the artist’s distinct style. Featuring Hoc...

It is considered a significant work by Picasso, reflecting his themes of peace and humanity. The piece depicts figures in a circular dance around a dove of peace, conveying a sense of optimistic energy and hope for the future. Through the use of crisp vibrant colors and the fluid use of line, Picasso creates a sense of optimistic energy that is focused around the dove of peace in Pablo Picasso La Ronde de...

Colorful vintage poster for the 1980 Democratic National Convention, held in Madison Square Garden in New York.Concentric lines of orange and bright green interweave with strokes of pink, yellow, red, turquoise, silver, and gold. Printed with metallic ink that catches light differently from each angle, complementing the poster’s lime green and red text. The top of the poster reads “Let us move forward with a strong and active faith.” It was at this 1980 convention that Jimmy Carter was nominated for reelection. This large poster was printed by Petersburg Press in 1980, and features Frank Stella’s Polar...

Bernard BUFFET Buildings in New York, 1967 Original stone lithograph Printed signature in the plate Printed in Mourlot workshop 71 x 52 cm (c. 28 x 21 in) REFRENCES : Catalog raiso...

"Marilyn Monroe With a Gold Cup, 1953" Photograph 20 x 20 in by Milton H. Greene Edition: AP Silver gelatin limited edition photographic print on paper Comes in white frame Size fra...

Lithograph in colors on wove paper. Artist proof signed and numbered in pencil out of 10 by Robert Longo, published by Brooke Alexander from the Men in the Cities. Frank and Glen st...

Artist: Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002) Title: Porol-Vua Year: 1978 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 97/100 Image Size: 20 x 28.5 inches Size: 22 x 29....

Victor Rosado (Puerto Rican/ American, 1938 - ), "Growing Wild " Edition 45/ 200, Abstract Screen Print Serigraph, 17.38 x 13, Late 20th Centu...

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - St. George Lithograph from 1972. The edition of 187/250. Dimensions of work: 68 x 50 cm. On B.F.K Rives paper as stated in the Field catalogue. Refer...

Artist: Keith Haring Title: Plate 6 from Story of Red and Blue (L. pp. 128-133) Medium: Screen print in colors on wove paper Sheet Size: 22 x 16.5 inches Frame Size: approx 28.5 x 22...

Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1955 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, and published by the Artists Equity Association of New York in an edition of 2000...

"A vibrant tapestry of color and texture, celebrating pure abstraction with a dynamic, tactile rhythm." Pierre Coquet (1926–2021) Abstract Composition Oil on board, 44 x 64 x 2 cm (...

Medium: wood engraving (after the watercolor). Printed in Paris in 1955 at the atelier Coulouma for "Mille nuits et une nuit" (1001 Nights) which was the last major portfolio by Kees...

This painting depicts a colorful Mid Century Street in Paris France, a popular subject of the times painted by many important impressionist 20th Century painters. This piece is a bol...

Jack Mitchell mid-20th Century Bold Male Nude from 1971. Highly collectible vintage original gelatin silver print, stamped verso by the photographer "Copyright 1971 JACK MITCHELL 356 East 74, New York City...

The circa 1920 poster by Aleksandr Deineka exemplifies his distinctive approach to Soviet visual art during the early years of the Soviet Union. Known for his versatility and ability...

Roy Lichtenstein at CSU, exhibition catalogue, 1982 Softback exhibition catalogue with 2 very cool vellum pages with the Benday dots Unsigned 11 × 8 1/2 in...

Jack Mitchell mid-20th Century beautiful nude photograph of a dancer in 1974. Highly collectible vintage original silver gelatin print, stamped verso by the photographer "Copyright 1...

Sunset seascape with red-sailed boat and glowing sky over ocean swells - Vintage Oil by British Artist, David James. Dramatic skies and beautiful reflections are a feature of this la...

Beautiful oil on canvas painting by the American Impressionist artist Louis H. Richardson. Signed lower right and dated 1917. Overall framed measurements in original Newcomb Macklin frame 27.5 by 31.25 inches. Louis H Richardson [1853-1923] American Impressionist : Louis H. Richardson was born in New Bedford, MA, where he lived and worked until his death in 1923. Richardson was a self-taught Impressionist artist, most known for his sensitive paintings of the landscape surrounding New Bedford and the Dartmouth area. From his shanty shack studio at Salters Point in South Dartmouth, he would paint the wetlands and feature water, trees, the sky and land. In 1917, Richardson was part of a two-man show in New York City with artist Clifford W. Ashley at the Arlington Art Galleries on Madison Avenue. Of his show, The New Bedford Sunday Standard wrote: “His style is so absolutely his own that the simple mention of his name recalls to mind vividly the salt marshes, the soft browns of silent reaches near the sea, wind-blown inlets, flying clouds. … Some of it reaches a height of charm and truth that it would be impossible to surpass.” Richardson believed in the art community and founded the New Bedford Arts Club and its successor the New Bedford Fine Arts Society. When not painting, Richardson worked at the New Bedford Water Company and later as a plumbing inspector for the city’s Board of Health. He was an avid baseball player and would be known as “the Babe Ruth of New Bedford.” On his death, the local newspaper declared him “one of the best-known artists in New Bedford” and “one of the art pioneers in building up a more widespread appreciation of art in the community.” His work is in the permanent collection of the New Bedford Whaling Museum...

Expressionist Landscape signed gouache painting on artist paper painting: 9.75 x 12.75 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: very good and sound condition Descr...

North By North West (1959) Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Oversized (Photo by Pictorial Press / Alamy Archives) 1959, Cary Grant in the film North...

This AFTER BOTERO sculpture is a very beautiful, faithful reproduction in the style of BOTERO'S work that has sold very well here on 1st Dibs. The edition is 50 in Roman numerals. ...

Up For Sale is a Beautiful Original Oil Painting On canvas, depicting Parisian street Scene, famous historical place - Triumphal Arch. Signed In Lower right corner S. Doren. Presente...

This artwork titled "Le Danseur Bleu" Thriptych, 1985, is a large oil painting and mixed media triptych on canvas linen by noted French artist Pierre Marie Brisson (b. 1955) It is si...

Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Renage filigrané à la marque de l'éditeur paper. Year: 1951 Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.5 inches; image size: 10.24 x 7.48 inches Inscription: Signed in th...

In this piece, the artist depicts his subject in an abstract and impressionistic way, capturing the busy Parisian street from the 20th Century with much life. The artist mostly used ...

ARTIST: Kenneth Roberts (1932-1995) Scottish TITLE: "A Hint Of Spring, Berryhill" SIGNED: lower left MEDIUM: oil on board SIZE: 51cm x 42cm incl frame CONDITION: excellent DETAIL: Ke...

Set of 2 Photographs Aventure d'une libertine, 2015 From The Secret Album Series Overall Frame size: 20.5 H x 28.5 W x 1 D in. Overall Sheet size: 17.7 H x 24 W in. Individual size: ...

#9-031 Man on horseback , 1930's figurative sculpture,finely detailed metal casting .

Vintage Oil Painting of Fantasy Cottage in the Woods with Flowers & Gardens Art measures 36 x 24 inches Frame measures 40 x 28 inches

Provence Landscape by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed & dated 66'' oil on canvas in wooden frame framed: 22.5 x 19 inches canvas: 22 x 18 inches original oil painting con...

Nicely painted American school modernist still life painting. Mixed media painting on board. Great colors and a complex composition. Has a Southwest feeling. Nicely framed. In e...

Title: Mid-20th Century Pastel of the River at Brantôme in France by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977) Medium: Pastel on unframed paper Size: 14.75 inches (height) x 21.25...